Where am I?
Information for Students in Grades K-2
Links to Get You Started
SciFest Booklet (pdf, 208.91KB)
The Kirkwood School District Science Fair Guide provides important dates and activities to get your projects entered into the District Science Fair. School specific contacts, help and guidance sessions dates are listed. this is the same guide sent home with students in October.
Academy of Science St. Louis Science Fair
The Kirkwood SciFest uses the same rules and rubrics for judging projects as the Academy. This link connects you to that information. The link also contains important information about the Virtual Fair. A project is entered in the Academy of Science St. Louis Science Fair if you are selected to do so from the Kirkwood School District.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies is a kid-friendly web site that can help you get started on a science project. There are many hints and ideas on this site that can help you complete a good project.
Links for Logbooks 
Keeping a logbook is an important part of every science project. Here are some recommended procedures and examples.
KSDLogbookPowerpoint (ppt, 1.38MB) for PC
KSDLogbookKeynote (key, 931.71KB) for MAC
Logbook Example 1 (pdf, 624.53KB)
Logbook Example 2 (pdf, 242.06KB)
Links to Science Project Websites 
Science Buddies Includes engineering project information.
The Network for Citizen Science: Engage in real science projects in real time. Many of these projects allow you to get data and use it in a science project.
Project Feeder Watch: This is a great citizen science project for young children. Children can count the number of birds of a species that visit their feeder over a period of time and use that data to create graphs or pictographs.
IPL Kidspace Science Fair Project Resource Guide
Scotch Discovery
About Chemistry Includes chemistry project information.
About Engineering Includes engineering project information.
Math Ideas for Science Fair Projects
Earth Science Project Ideas
Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects
Behavioral Science Fair Project Ideas
The Display Board